Cash-register.



W. H. MUZZY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED HAP-.19, 1908. I 1,051,436, Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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WILLIAM H. KUZZY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGIPTOB TO THE NATIONAL CASHBEGISTEB OOMYANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF'OHIO, (INCOBPOBATEDIN 1906.)

CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28,1913.

Application filed March 19, 1808. Serial No. 422,082.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MUZZY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of whichI declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cash registers and has moreparticular relation to improvements in time printing mechanisms forregisters.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a cash recordingmechanism with a time recording mechanism and an nterlocking mechanismto compel a certain sequence of operation of said mechanisms.

With this and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel fea tures of construction and combination of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and apreferred.

form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically described withreference to the drawings which accompany and form part of thisspecification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents an end elevation partly in sectionof the pres' ent invention, applied to the type of machine shown inPatent No. 580,378 issued to Cleal and Reinhard; Fig. 2 represents anenlarged section illustrating the amount recording mechanism, and thecheck ejecting devices; Fig. 3 represents an enlarged partial section ofthe time recording mechanism and interlocking devices; Fig. 4 representsa view similar to Fig. 3 with the check receptacle of the time recordingmechanism in a vertical position to allow the removal of the check; andFig. 5 represents a detail view of the check with the time printedthereon.

Described in general terms, the invention comprises a cash registeringand recording machine, of the type shown and described in the abovementioned patent. This mechanism prints the amount of a sale upon acheck strip; severs and ejects a portion of said strip in the form of acheck. The severed check in the present invention is ejected into achute and asses into a movable receptacle formed in the lower part ofthe chute adjacent to a time recording mechanism, the platen of which isthen operated to print the time upon the check.

After the amount recording mechanism has been operated, it automaticallybecomes locked, and is only. released by an operation of the platen ofthe time recording mechanism; the latter in turn is locked and is'released only by the operation of the amount recording mechanism.

Amount recording mechanism.The ke s 1 control the amount to be recordedby t e type segments 2 (only one of which is shown) upon the check andsales strips 3 and 4 respectively, as fully shown and described in thepatent to Cleal and Reinhard and in a manner well known in the art. Thecheck strip 3 is fed from a supply roll 5 through a chute 6, thencebet-ween feed rollers 7 and 8 to a stationary knife 9. The rollers 7 and8 are provided with ears 10 and 11 respectively which mesh with eachother. The gear 10 is driven by a gear 12 fastened to a rotary shaft 13through an intermediate gear 14. A cam disk 15 is secured to the outerend of the shaft 13, and is designed to raise and lower the frame 16carrying the platen roller 17 twice during each rotation of the shaft 13to print the amount first upon the check strip 3 and then upon the salesstripd; the check strip having been fed over the platen roller 17 whenthe frame 16 was first lowered. Simultaneously with the taking of theimpression upon the check strip, a knife 9 carried by the frame 16 willsever the check. I

Attached to the gear 12 (see Fig. 2) is a segmental cam plate 18 which,during the latter part of the movement of the gear 12, contacts with adownwardly extending arm 19 secured to a short transverse shaft 20mounted in the sides of the printer frame 21 and rocks said shaft. Atits other end, the shaft 20 has secured to it a curved lever 22 whichcarries at its lower end a plunger.

pin 23. A rearwardly extending portion 24 of the lever 22 has pivoted toits extreme end a plate 25, which carries a pin 26 that is surrounded bya coil spring 27. This sprin enters a recess 28 in a screw head 29secure to the printer frame 21. The ends of the spring 27 abut against ashoulder 30 formed upon the plate 25 and the end of the recess 28,thereby holding the curved lever 22 in the position shown in Fig. 2 withthe upper end of said lever contacting with a part of the printer frame21.

It will be seen from the above that, as the gear 12 is rotated, theplate 18 carried thereby will contact with the arm 19 and rock the shaft20, thereby carrying the lower end of the lever 22 rearwardly, so thatthe plunger pin 23 will be in a position to grip the check when theframe 16 is first raised by the cam disk 15 to print the amount upon thecheck; and as the said frame 16 is lowered, the cam plate 18 will havepassed by the arm 19, allowing the spring 27, which has been pre-'viously compressed, to operate the curved lever 22 to eject the check,which passes into a chute 31 formed upon a hood 32.

The sales strip 4 is fed from a supply roll 33 over the platen roller 17to a storage roll 34. Both of said rolls 33 and 34 are carried by theframe 16, and as said frame is raised a second time by the cam disk 15,the amount is recorded upon the sales strip 4, the strip being fedforward in amanner well known in the art.

It it to be understood that the keys 1, instead of representing amounts,may be used for any other characters, such as Workmens numbers.

Time recording mechanism.-The check 3, after being severed and ejectedinto the chute 31, rests in a. receptacle 35 formed in the lower part ofthe chute 31, in a position to have the time stamped thereon. A shaft 36is arranged to be driven by an ordinary clo'ck mechanism, so as to makeone revolution every two minutes. This shaft carries at one end a disk37, which is provided with slot 39 formed in at 41 to the frame 42 ofthe time recording mechanism. The lever 40 carries at its pivotal pointpawls 43 and 44 which co5perate with an escapement wheel 45, driven by aratchet wheel 46, secured to a shaft 47,Wl110l1 in turn is driven by amotor wheel 48, all of which is fully shown and described in the patentgranted to W. I. F ollett, dated May 16, 1905, No. 790,045. Secured tothis shaft 47 is the minute printin wheel not shown. Attached to theouter en of the shaft 47 is a disk 49, which carries a pin 50 that playsin an elongated slot 51 formed in the upper end of a lever 52 which ispivoted at 53 to the frame 42. Extending radially from the disk 49 is apin 54 which, at each revolution of the disk 49, contacts with a pawl 55pivoted to a lever 56, which in turn is pivoted at 57 to the frame 42,so as to disengage a lug 58, carried by the free end of the lever 56from engagement with the teeth of an cscapement wheel 59 which is drivenby a motor wheel 60. The lever 52, as shown in the said patent to Follett, carries a pawl 61, which is brought int-o teeth of theescapement wheel 59 just as the of said escapement wheel, therebylimiting the movement of said wheel, this wheel in engagement with theturn controlling the hour printing Wheel 62. A hammer 63 carrying aplaten 64 is pivotally mounted upon a transverse shaft 65.

his hammer is provided at its pivotal point with an upwardly extendingarm 66 and a downwardly extending ratchet plate 67. The arm 66 isprovided with a pin 67 which is surrounded by a coil spring 68, one endof said spring contacting with the under side of the arm 66, while theother end of said spring is seated in a cup-shaped projection 69 of theprinter frame. The upper side of the arm 66 contacts with the underside'of a portion ofthe hood 32, which carries the check receptacle 35.This portion of the hood 32 is pivoted upon the shaft 65, and isnormally held in the position shown in Fig. 3 by a light coil spring 70,the ends of which are secured to a hook 71 attached to the under side ofthe pivotal portion of the hood 32, and to a pin 72 extending from theprinter frame.

The hood 32 and the check receptacle 35 are provided with openings 32and 35 respectively, through which the platen 64 of the hammer 63 passesin taking an impression upon the check 3 from the type carriers of thetime recorder. A full stroke pawl 73 engages with the ratchet plate 67and, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, compels the pressing of the platen 64against the type carriers to take an impression upon the check 3 beforethe hammer 63 may be rocked rearwardly. A suitable inking ribbon 74, asshown in Fig. 1, surrounds the type carriers, so that an impression ofthe type carriers may be made on the check.

Unlocking mehanism.-Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate the position of thevarious mechanisms previously described after an operation of the amountrecording machine, while Fig. 4 illustrates the position of thedifferent parts after the time recording mechanism has been operated andthe check receptacle rocked to a position so that the check may beremoved. It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 3 that it is impossible torock the hammer 63 to the right until it has been first depressed to theleft, which movement allows the pawl 73 to clear the end of the ratchetplate 67. As the hammer 63 is retracted, the pawl will engage with theteeth of the ratchet plate 67 and prevent its movement in the oppositedirection until the pawl has cleared the other end of said plate. Thisretracting movement of the hammer 63 will, by means of the arm 66, alsocarry the pivotal portion of the printer hood 32 with it. The pivotalportion of the printer hood is provided with a segmental ratchet plate74 with which a pivoted pawl 75 is arranged to engage.

As the hammer 63 nears the end ofits retracting movement, a pin 75,extending laterally from the plate 74, contacts with a te ets verticalarm 76 of a bell crank 77' ivoted at 8 to the printer frame and roc s ahorizontal arm 79 of said bell crank out of engagement with a downwardlyextending arm 80 of the pawl 75. A link 81 connects the arm 80 to thelower end of a lever 83, pivoted at 84,-to the side frame of themachine. The upper end of the lever 83 is bifurcated, the arm 85 of thebifurcated ortiog being hook-shaped and the arm 86 ve e When the bellcrank 77 is rocked by the in contacting with the arm 76, thereywithdrawing the arm 79 of said bell crank out of engagement with the arm80, a spring 87, one end of which is connected to the lower end of thelever 83 and the other end attached to a pin projecting from the machineframe, will rock the pawl 75 into engagement with the teeth of theratchet plate 74, and also withdraw the hook arm 85 of the bifurcatedportion of the lever 83 out of engagement with a cam shoulder 88 formedupon a disk 89, secured to a shaft 90, as shown in Fig. 4. The hammer 63ma now be returned to normal position, but it cannot again be retracteduntil the amount recording machine has been operated, because of theengagement of pawl 75 with the teeth of the ratchet plate 74. This pawlis withdrawn from engagement with said plate upon the succeedingoperation of the amount recording devices by the cam shoulder 88contacting with the beveled arm 86 of the lever 83, thereby withdrawingthe pawl 75 out of enga ement with the teeth of the ratchet plate 4,through means of the link 81 and the arm 80, in which osition it will belatched by the arm 79 o the bell crank 77 being drawn in front of thearm by coil spring 91 which surrounds the pivotal point 78 of said bellcrank. A pin 92 limits the upward movement of the arm 79. The shafts l3and 90 correspond to the shafts E and G of the said Cleal and Reinhardpatent.

From the preceding description it will be clear that although the amountrecording mechanism and the time printer are operated independently,there are nevertheless controlling devices present which compelalternate operation of the two mechanisms. In the position of Fig. 2,the register has been operated and is locked against further movement,but the time recorder may be operated to imprint the time on check 3which (Fig. 3) has been projected into chute 35 by the registeroperation. The stamp lever 65 can be given only bne complete operationas it then becomes locked by pawl 75, but the locking movement of pawl75 releases the register mechanism so that the. latter may again beoperated. Thus the stamping of the time'on every issued check isassured.

ing the latter after While the form of device here shown and describedis admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to beunderstood that it is not desired to confine the invention to one formof embodiment here disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment invarious forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a recording mechanism, of time printing devicesindependently operated, and controlling means intermediate said printingdevices and recordin mechanism.

2. T e combinatlon with a recording mechanism, of time printing devlcesIndependently operated, and means governed by the recording mechanismfor controlling the time printing devices.

3. The combination with a recording mechanism, of time printing devicesdistinct therefrom, and means governed by the latter for controlling theformer.

4. The combination with a recording mechanism, of time printing devices,and an interlocking mechanism to compel a sequence of operation of saidrecording mechanism and time printing devices.

5. The combination with an amount 'recording mechanism, including acheck strip,

of time.printing devices, means governed by the latter for controllingthe former, and means for delivering the check strip from the amountrecording mechanism to the time printer.

6. The combination with an amount recordin mechanism, of an operatingmechanism therefor, means for automatically locking the latter aftereach operation, a time printer, and means controlled by the time printerfor unlocking the operating mechanism.

7. The combination with an amount recording mechanism, of an operatingmechanism therefor, means for automatically locking the latter aftereach operation, a time printer including an impression hammer,

and means controlled by the hammer for unlocking the operatingmechanism.

8. The combination with an amount recordin mechanism, of an operatingmechanism tEerefor, means for automatically lockeach operation, a timeprinter, including an impression hammer, and interlocking devices tocompel a sequence of operation of the operating mechanism and theimpression hammer.

9. The combination with an amount recording mechanism, including a checkstrip, of an operating mechanism therefor, a time printer, including animpression hammer, means controlled by the operating mechanism forsevering and delivering a portion of the check strip from the amountrecording mechanism to the time printer, and

means controlled by the hammer of the time printer for takin animpression upon the severed portion 0 the strip and then carrying it toa position to be grasped.

10. The combination with an amount recording mechanism, including acheck strip, of a time printer, including ty e carriers t-acle locatedbetween the type carriers and impression hammer, and an operatingmechanism for severing and delivering a portion of the check strip fromthe amount recording mechanism to the receptacle.

cording mechanism, including a check strip, of a time printer, includingtype carriers and an impression hammer, a check receptacle locatedbetween the type carriers and impression hammer of the time printer, anoperating mechanism for severing and delivering a portion of the checkstrip from the amount recording mechanism to the receptacle, and meanscontrolled by the hammer of the time printer for taking an impressionupon the severed portion of the strip and then carrying the receptaclecontaining the check to a position in which the latter may be grasped.

12. The combination with an amount recording mechanism, including acheck strip, of an operating mechanism therefor; a time printer, meanscontrolled by the operating mechanism for recording the amount upon oneside of the check strip, then severing and delivering it to the timeprinter to have the time printed upon the opposite side of the checkfrom that upon which the amount is recorded.

13. The combination with a cash register, of time printing devices, andconnecting mechanism for compelling alternate operations of the registerand the time printer.

14. The combination with a cash. register, of time printing devices,means for locking the register after it has been operated, and mechanismfor unlocking the register by the operation of the printing devices.

15. The combination with a cash register, of time printing devices,means for locking the latter after they are operated, and mechanism forunlocking said time printing devices by the operation of the register.

16. The combination with a cash register, of time printing devices,including type wheels, a clock movement controlling the same, animpression hammer, means for locking the hammer after it is operated,and mechanism for unlocking the hammer by the operation of the register.

17. The combination with a cash register, of time printing devices,including type j locking the c of the register. and an impressionhammer, a c eck recepwheels and a clock mechanism controlling the same,an im ression hammer, a check receptacle movab c with the hammer, means'for locking the check receptacle after the hammer is operated, andmechanism for uneck receptacle by the operation 18. The combination witha recording mechanism and means for operating the same, of time printingdevices and operating means therefor, and mechanism governed by eitherof the operating means for controlling .the other operating means. 11.The comblnation wlth an amount re- 19. The combination with mechanismsfor recording amounts and the time, of independent operating means forsaid recordin mechanisms, and means for compelling a ternate operationsof the operating means.

20. The combination with time and amount recording mechanisms, ofindependent operating means for said recording mechanisms, andinterlocking devices between the-operating means for compellingalternate operations of the operating means.

21. In a machine of the class described, the combination with arecording mechanism, and a time printing mechanism successivelyoperated, of lockin devices for each mechanism each locked ly theoperation of its respective mechanism and unlocked by the operation ofthe other mechanism.

22. In a machine of the class described, the combination with arecording mechanism, of a time printing mechanism, means for rinting insuccession from each of said mechanisms upon a check, the constructionbeing such as to render necessary the removal of a completely printedcheck from the mechanism last operating before the succeeding check maybe printed upon by said last mentioned mechanism.

23. In a machine of the class described, the combination with arecording mechanism, of a time printing mechanism, means for printing insuccession from each of said mechanisms upon a check, the constructionbeing such as to render necessary the removal of a completely printedcheck from the mechanism last operating thereon before the succeedingcheck may be printed upon by said last mentioned mechanism, and toprevent such removal before the last operating printing mechanism hasbeen operated.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. MUZZY.

Witnesses:

R. W. FAIRCHILD, CHAS. A. Danes.

